Article content continued It’s important to note that Smil wants to see renewables succeed. He is also concerned about carbon emissions and their effect upon global temperatures. But the energy professor prefers to deal in hard facts and actual data…
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Oil and gas industry CEOs pen open letter to Ottawa asking for financial help
Several CEOs of companies involved in Canada’s oil and gas industry made a plea for financial help from the federal government on Monday through a letter published in the Financial Post. The opinion piece, titled “An open letter to Canadians…
Feds torn between moving toward cleaner energy or bailing out oil and gas sector
Canada’s oil producers could only sit and watch as the price of their product plummeted last month to less than what it costs to buy a litre of soda, hit by the double whammy of a COVID-19-induced drop in global…
Teck Frontier project to challenge Trudeau’s climate policies, relationship to Alberta: expert
The Trudeau government will face a test next month that will challenge its commitment to climate policies and its efforts to reconcile with Western Canada. The Teck Frontier proposal is one of the largest oil sands mines ever proposed in…
Energy Exodus: Life in the Lone Star State for Canadians
Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States, and 20,000 Canadians call the area home. Many of them are connected to the oil and gas sector. Jim Mochulsky, VP of the North American Supply Chain at Cole International, is…
Opinion: Why Canada keeps missing its climate targets
Heavy haulers are seen at the Suncor Energy Inc. Fort Hills mine in this aerial photograph taken above the Athabasca oil sands near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, on Monday, Sept. 10, 2018. Ben Nelms / Bloomberg I can forgive most…
Canada’s energy market takes centre stage at 2019 Global Petroleum Show
Canada’s place in the international oil and gas market will be among the topics discussed at the 2019 Global Petroleum Show. Some 50,000 people are expected to attend the three-day event at Calgary’s Stampede Park, which brings together energy professionals,…
Oilpatch AI keeps a wary eye on remote wells after human officials go home
From a computer in his downtown office, Jeremy Bernard calls up live video of an oil well site in rural Alberta, clicking to bring up a cluster of small buildings, then a gravel road that leads across snowy pasture. The picture…